Season four preplay: Lay Me Down
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seaoftroubles1. Duke gets a call from Nathan to say "Duke get your ass back here Wade's activated." -- Also feat. Lucifer and Octavia
2. Duke, Octavia, and Lucifer arrive in Haven, find out only [wild handwaving because Haven is terrible at timelines] number of days has passed even though it's been months for them. Jennifer says she's settling in okay on the Sanguine Moon and is applying for a job at the Haven Herald. Duke is all "uhhhhh. . . . 'kay, that's a choice that I support I guess". Jennifer is adorkably awkward about being nervous for the interview. Wade arrives at the Gull to grab cleaning products and is cagey about the reasons. "Soda spilled in my car." He claims that he understand the trouble is terrible and isn't going to let it take over. Duke tries to talk him through it, but Wade just shoves him off and promises to head out of town. Duke tries to pretend he believes that this trip might be an easy one. Also there is a day-time drunk sleeping on the bench outside the Gull. FOR PLOT REASONS.
3. Later that day, Dwight comes by the marina to tell Duke that the drunk died mysteriously at the police station. Duke remembers Freddie, the drunk, was into watching bear documentaries at the Gull. Dwight asks about Jordan, wonders aloud if Wade's involved. Duke says no way. -- Lucifer and Octavia are welcome to join in or not
4. Duke dreams about trying to talk to Wade about their trouble and getting attacked when he gets a papercut. Wakes up when dream!Wade slashes him with a knife to discover GIANT KNIFE WOUND ON HIS ARM! Octavia has her own injurious dream. Lucifer freaks out/fusses over them.
5. Lucifer tries to insure Duke and Octavia stay awake. Audrey decides to compare Nathan and Duke's activities the day before since they both got hit by the trouble and survived. They make the connection to the Herald and call Dwight -- too late, he gets shot in a dream. We can also have Nathan fill the OT3 in on the non-dream murders at the same time.
6. Duke takes advantage of Dwight being sedated in the hospital to check what he's looking into, finds info on the murder with the broken knife. Puts two and two together and figures out it's Wade. This can happen off screen. He and Lucifer (and maybe Octavia?) head to the local boat rental he knows Wade used and gets access to the boat he used. He follows the GPS along the coast and finds Wade's dumping grounds, including Jordan's remains.
7. While Audrey and Nathan defuse the trouble, Duke, Lucifer, and Octavia go after Wade, stop him from offing a guy at a local bar. Wade goes all high and mighty, Duke yells at him. Wade tries to pull the "brothers" card to keep from being turned in. "You killed all those people, Wade. That's on me now, too." Wade threatens to expose Lexie's secret so the Guard tries to make Audrey kill Nathan. Lucifer knocks Wade out so they can lock him up on the Sanguine Moon.
8. Octavia guards Wade on the Moon while Lucifer and Duke try to figure out where to stick him and arrange their travel back to Fandom. Wade escapes and he and Octavia fight. Octavia is winning until Wade manages to draw blood and gets the upper hand. Enter Duke and Lucifer. Lucifer goes to Octavia to try to staunch her bleeding while Duke takes on Wade? (Since Duke can't interact with Octavia's blood and all. Maybe Wade managed to open her dream wound and it's worse than just a little cut.) Wade throws himself on Duke's knife and dies. The Crocker trouble dies too.
9. Duke wraps Wade's body in a tarp. When Duke reaches for Octavia's wound, she flinches back. Duke internalizes the SHIT out of that even though it's a natural move if they've been used to trying to keep their blood off him. Lucifer suggests they clear out, Duke agrees, so long as he can bury Wade first. He asks them not to tell anyone about the murder. Luce and Tavi are probably like "whatever, we don't want to talk to any of these people anyway."
2. Duke, Octavia, and Lucifer arrive in Haven, find out only [wild handwaving because Haven is terrible at timelines] number of days has passed even though it's been months for them. Jennifer says she's settling in okay on the Sanguine Moon and is applying for a job at the Haven Herald. Duke is all "uhhhhh. . . . 'kay, that's a choice that I support I guess". Jennifer is adorkably awkward about being nervous for the interview. Wade arrives at the Gull to grab cleaning products and is cagey about the reasons. "Soda spilled in my car." He claims that he understand the trouble is terrible and isn't going to let it take over. Duke tries to talk him through it, but Wade just shoves him off and promises to head out of town. Duke tries to pretend he believes that this trip might be an easy one. Also there is a day-time drunk sleeping on the bench outside the Gull. FOR PLOT REASONS.
3. Later that day, Dwight comes by the marina to tell Duke that the drunk died mysteriously at the police station. Duke remembers Freddie, the drunk, was into watching bear documentaries at the Gull. Dwight asks about Jordan, wonders aloud if Wade's involved. Duke says no way. -- Lucifer and Octavia are welcome to join in or not
4. Duke dreams about trying to talk to Wade about their trouble and getting attacked when he gets a papercut. Wakes up when dream!Wade slashes him with a knife to discover GIANT KNIFE WOUND ON HIS ARM! Octavia has her own injurious dream. Lucifer freaks out/fusses over them.
5. Lucifer tries to insure Duke and Octavia stay awake. Audrey decides to compare Nathan and Duke's activities the day before since they both got hit by the trouble and survived. They make the connection to the Herald and call Dwight -- too late, he gets shot in a dream. We can also have Nathan fill the OT3 in on the non-dream murders at the same time.
6. Duke takes advantage of Dwight being sedated in the hospital to check what he's looking into, finds info on the murder with the broken knife. Puts two and two together and figures out it's Wade. This can happen off screen. He and Lucifer (and maybe Octavia?) head to the local boat rental he knows Wade used and gets access to the boat he used. He follows the GPS along the coast and finds Wade's dumping grounds, including Jordan's remains.
7. While Audrey and Nathan defuse the trouble, Duke, Lucifer, and Octavia go after Wade, stop him from offing a guy at a local bar. Wade goes all high and mighty, Duke yells at him. Wade tries to pull the "brothers" card to keep from being turned in. "You killed all those people, Wade. That's on me now, too." Wade threatens to expose Lexie's secret so the Guard tries to make Audrey kill Nathan. Lucifer knocks Wade out so they can lock him up on the Sanguine Moon.
8. Octavia guards Wade on the Moon while Lucifer and Duke try to figure out where to stick him and arrange their travel back to Fandom. Wade escapes and he and Octavia fight. Octavia is winning until Wade manages to draw blood and gets the upper hand. Enter Duke and Lucifer. Lucifer goes to Octavia to try to staunch her bleeding while Duke takes on Wade? (Since Duke can't interact with Octavia's blood and all. Maybe Wade managed to open her dream wound and it's worse than just a little cut.) Wade throws himself on Duke's knife and dies. The Crocker trouble dies too.
9. Duke wraps Wade's body in a tarp. When Duke reaches for Octavia's wound, she flinches back. Duke internalizes the SHIT out of that even though it's a natural move if they've been used to trying to keep their blood off him. Lucifer suggests they clear out, Duke agrees, so long as he can bury Wade first. He asks them not to tell anyone about the murder. Luce and Tavi are probably like "whatever, we don't want to talk to any of these people anyway."
Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 04:03 pm (UTC)You know. In case they needed to know there was someone else with the strength to intervene here.
Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 04:34 pm (UTC)"Come on, you don't wanna be here."
Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 04:36 pm (UTC)"What the hell is this?" Wade asked.
"I know, Wade," Duke said. "I know everything."
Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 04:39 pm (UTC)There was, after all, only so long he could ever keep his mouth shut.
Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 04:48 pm (UTC)Her eyes on Wade were not kind, or concerned.
Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 04:56 pm (UTC)"We found your dumping grounds, Wade," Duke hissed. "We saw the bodies. Jordan's body."
Wade shook his head. "They were troubled. I was helping them. Saving them and their families. That's why we have this gift, this power!"
Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 05:07 pm (UTC)Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 05:19 pm (UTC)Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 05:27 pm (UTC)Wade shook his head. "We're not like the others."
"This thing turned you into a killer!" Duke wanted to grab Wade by the shoulders and shake him, but he only clenched his hands at his sides instead. He wasn't sure he could trust them to just shake Wade right now. "If that's not a curse, I don't know what is!"
Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 05:35 pm (UTC)And this man had tried to accuse him of nefarious intentions.
Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 06:10 pm (UTC)Something was... occurring to her. Something that was pulling her expression even tighter.
Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 06:12 pm (UTC)Duke bit his lip. "I don't know what I'm going to do. You killed all those people, Wade. That's on me, now, too."
Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 06:21 pm (UTC)Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 06:26 pm (UTC)(She wasn't just projecting. Right? She wasn't.)
"It stops now."
Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 07:24 pm (UTC)"Jesus, Wade!" Duke shook his head. "You say shit like that and you expect me not to do something about it?"
Wade's expression went sharp. "I expect you to keep my secret," he said. "That's what brothers do, right? Like I'm keeping your secret. About Audrey."
Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 07:39 pm (UTC)Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 07:42 pm (UTC)Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 07:44 pm (UTC)"This isn't about Audrey," Duke growled. "This is about you."
Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 07:53 pm (UTC)Tired, and absolutely not interested in seeing what happened if this went on much longer. If Wade managed to execute some kind of plan, or tried to attack one of them, or otherwise forced their hand-- no. Not again.
The great joy of celestial strength was that all that was really required was a love tap; Lucifer leaned forward and smacked the side of Wade's head with the palm of his hand, and watched the man go down like a sack of potatoes.
"Honestly!"
Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 08:02 pm (UTC)(The hell kind of a secret was it, anyway? Was beginning to feel like half the people in Haven already knew.)
"Now what do we do with him?"
Re: 7. Confronting Wade
Date: 2022-11-09 08:09 pm (UTC)He was in way over his head, but doing his best not to show it.